Marketing Partner ID Number

There are a few ways to use the SAM registration to access other systems. One of the main ways is by using the MPIN.

What is an MPIN?

The MPIN or Marketing Partner ID Number is mandatory for all SAM registrations. It is a nine-character alpha-numeric code that is created through the SAM process.

• There must be at least one capital letter.
• There must be at least one lowercase letter.
• There must be at least one number.

The MPIN is used to access a few systems as a password to access them fully. Now that most federal government systems are connecting to and using login.gov, there is less need for the MPIN and it has been removed from some.

The Entity Administrator for your SAM registration should know your MPIN or be able to reset this within the system. If the Entity Administrator has forgotten their MPIN, this can also be reset within the SAM system.

This ID does not need to be reset each time the SAM is submitted, only when it has been forgotten. When resetting this code, the entity administrator starting the process will receive an email making them verify that this request was valid.

Points of Contact

You will need to gather and know a lot of information in order to continue with the SAM Registration. Depending on whether you go for only grants, contracts, or are registered outside of the U.S. and its territories, then the required information may change.

Some of the major pieces of information that you need are:

• Your company’s legal business name.
• An address that is not a PO Box or other kind of mailbox address.
• Your Tax Identification Number (TIN) and Tax Filing name that goes along with it.
• Financial information, in the form of a US Bank’s Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) information.
• The services or products your organization sells or performs.

Registration Process

For other sites, a lot of the processes that involved the MPIN now use Login.gov. These sites may use the email that is connected through that system and the Points of Contact (POC) section within the SAM.

There are a few POCs that are of notice within the system and that will provide access to other services within other government systems when set. Not all of them will show up and not all of them need to be used or set.

• Electronic Business - This POC is mandatory. The person whose information is set here will allow them to access other federal government systems. This is also commonly known as the E-Business or Ebiz POC.
• Accounts Receivable - This POC is mandatory. The person whose information is set here is meant to be the one who is responsible for bills and other payment issues. Sometimes, this is whom the Electronic Business POC has set within the other federal government system.
• Government Business - This POC is mandatory. The person whose information is set here will be responsible for speaking with the Defense Logistics Agency’s (DLA’s) CAGE code office.
• Alternate - Most POCs can be set as an alternate in case someone leaves your organization.